Playing for the first time against Paul Silas, his first NBA coach in Cleveland, James scored 26 of his points in the second half and added nine rebounds. Wade grabbed 11 boards in Miami’s 18th win in 19 games.

Stephen Jackson scored 22 points and D.J. Augustin added 16 for the Bobcats, who shot 38 percent from the field with 15 turnovers.

Love had 24 rebounds and 12 points, but he airballed a jumper with just over a minute left and Minnesota trailing by one. Michael Beasley scored 19, including Minnesota’s last eight points, but his desperation 3-pointer at the buzzer bounced harmlessly off the backboard.

Ray Allen scored 20, Glen “Big Baby” Davis had 17 points and Rajon Rondo added 16 assists for the Celtics, who haven’t lost to the Timberwolves since they traded Kevin Garnett to Boston in the summer of 2007. Garnett missed his third straight game with a right calf injury.

Hornets 84, 76ers 77

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — David West scored 17 points and New Orleans held on to beat Philadelphia.

Paul scored 15 points, using a speedy left-to-right dribble on a clutch driving layup off the glass with just under 20 seconds left to give the Hornets an 82-77 lead. Emeka Okafor had 13 points and former Sixer Willie Green added 11 for New Orleans, which saw a lead as large as 13 in the fourth quarter trimmed to three, at 78-75, on Elton Brand’s layup with 3:09 to go.

Brand led Philadelphia with 14 points and 10 rebounds, while Andres Nocioni had 13 points and Jrue Holiday and Marreese Speights each had 12 points.

Nuggets 113, Rockets 106

DENVER (AP) — Carmelo Anthony scored 33 points and the Nuggets pulled ahead late in the fourth quarter to beat Houston for their fourth consecutive win.

Anthony had 11 rebounds and made 13 of 14 free throws to help the Nuggets fend off the Rockets with his eighth game of 30 or more points this season.

Houston was led by Luis Scola with 24 points. Kyle Lowry had 21 points and Brad Miller had 11 rebounds and 10 points. The Rockets took 30 shots from 3-point range, one fewer than their season high, and made 13, topped by four for Lowry.

Jazz 102, Pistons 97

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Deron Williams scored 22 points, including a pair of late free throws, as the Jazz beat the Pistons for the 11th straight time.

Raja Bell hit a 3-pointer and sank two free throws to give the Jazz a 100-97 lead with 17.9 seconds left.

Tracy McGrady, starting in place of Rodney Stuckey, missed a 3-pointer and Al Jefferson grabbed the rebound to seal the victory.

Tayshaun Prince led Detroit with 26 points on 11-of-19 shooting and McGrady came within one rebound of a triple double. He had 11 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds.